Effect of Supine or Prone Position After Caesarean Birth

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Conditions studied: Respiratory Distress, Transient Tachypnea of the Newborn, Delayed Transition of the Newborn, Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension

In brief

Respiratory Distress is a frequent clinical diagnosis of babies delivered by elective Caesarean birth. There has been no study comparing the efficacy of immediately positioning a newly born infant prone vs. supine for the first 30 60 seconds of life after delivery by Caesarean birth.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01310153

Run by

Montefiore Medical Center

People needed

65

Starts

2006-09-01

Expected to finish

2009-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-31

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Any woman not in labor who are undergoing elective Cesarean birth at term, 37 to 41 completed weeks gestation.

You may not qualify if…

• any woman with prior rupture of membranes
• diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes,
• any woman receiving sedation
• using medication such as Demerol, magnesium sulfate or general anesthesia
• any woman who has a known drug history
• any known macrosomia
• known congenital anomalies or meconium stained fluid
• any woman with illnesses such as maternal fever, chorioamnionitis, severe neonatal distress
• any woman with compromised infant at delivery
• oligohydramnios
• history of antenatal steroids.

Where it is running

• Jack D. Weiler Hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine — The Bronx, New York, United States

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